Bashar al-Assad

Banned in Syria, Muslim Brotherhood members trickle home

Hundreds of members of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood have returned from exile, hoping to rebuild a m...

May 07, 2015 09:49 AM EDT

U.S. aims to make Iran nuclear deal immune to Russian, Chinese veto

Washington wants to be certain that any nuclear deal between Iran and major powers includes the poss...

May 06, 2015 10:31 AM EDT

France, Saudi Arabia: Iran nuclear deal must avoid destabilizing region

France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future deal between Iran and six major powers must ensure n...

May 04, 2015 06:24 PM EDT

Syrian rebels fight Syrian army near Assad heartland

Islamist rebels and Syrian army troops on Thursday were engaged in heavy fighting in Syria's northwe...

Apr 30, 2015 09:09 PM EDT

French, Syrian intelligence agents in contact: Assad on French TV

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told French television the intelligence services of his country...

Apr 21, 2015 09:16 AM EDT

Public Saudi welcome for Iran nuclear deal masks private unease

Saudi Arabia, whose late King Abdullah once urged the United States to "cut off the head of the snak...

Apr 04, 2015 06:53 AM EDT

Republicans see Obama as more imminent threat than Putin: Reuters/Ipsos poll

A third of Republicans believe President Barack Obama poses an imminent threat to the United States,...

Mar 30, 2015 05:49 AM EDT

Syria gets Russian arms under deals signed since conflict began: Assad

Russia is supplying weapons to Damascus under contracts completed since the conflict in Syria began ...

Mar 30, 2015 05:25 AM EDT

Syria's Assad calls chlorine allegations 'malicious propaganda': CBS

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria dismissed as "malicious propaganda" allegations that his troops u...

Mar 27, 2015 08:35 AM EDT

EU accuses Syrian man of buying IS oil for govt; he denies charge

The European Union has imposed sanctions on a Syrian businessman who it says bought oil for the Syri...

Mar 08, 2015 10:28 AM EDT

U.S. spy chief says 40 Americans who went to Syria have returned

About 180 Americans have traveled to Syria to join Islamist militants and around 40 of them have ret...

Mar 03, 2015 09:17 AM EST

France, Britain dismiss calls to renew relations with Syria's Assad

France and Britain dismissed on Friday any suggestion of restoring relations with Syrian President B...

Feb 28, 2015 06:01 AM EST

French lawmaker faces party sanctions for Syria trip

A French lawmaker who went to Damascus for the first talks with Syrian officials since the 2012 clos...

Feb 26, 2015 08:59 PM EST

Islamic State snatches 220 from Christian villages: Syria monitoring group

Islamic State militants have abducted at least 220 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northe...

Feb 26, 2015 07:39 AM EST

U.S., Turkey soon to sign Syrian opposition train-and-equip deal

The United States and Turkey have reached a tentative agreement to train and equip moderate Syrian o...

Feb 17, 2015 06:04 PM EST

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